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Farewell My Concubine

Chen Kaige China, Hong Kong, 1993

  • Drama, LGBTQ+
  • 172
  • MATURE

Winner of the 1993 Palme d’Or, Chen Kaige’s widescreen epic draws on the classical theater for its expansive vision. Its modern take on taboos surrounding homosexuality and gender performativity— a first in Chinese cinema—was not without controversy: a queer, epoch-spanning masterpiece for the ages.

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